14.5 months

- Your size 3 diapers do the trick during the day, but you wear size 4 overnight.

-You generally only get a binkie at naptime and bedtime, unless we are on a trip.

- "Touch" remains your only word (sounds like "thu"), but you sign several things:

more, banana, blueberries, hat, so big, book, water/drink, milk, and all done

We are working on "please" -- seems to be a hard one.

- I am trying to teach you different facial features, but I think you are confused... Every time I say, "Where are your eyes?", you sit down, squeal great big and kick your legs wildly.  ?!?

- You love to grin and clap your hands, so you regularly applaud me and yourself.  I love that slicing a banana onto your tray often brings down the house, where you're concerned!  All the world's a stage.  :)

- Though you don't say the words "hi" or "bye-bye" yet, you wave to practically every person we meet.  When we are at home and I pick up any kind of shoulder bag, you start waving to the pups to tell them bye-bye because you know we are on our way out the door.

- You nap from around 12:30 - 2:30 most days, and you sleep 6:30pm-7am.  You are such a rockstar in this department.  We dropped your morning nap about a month ago, and we both love the freedom it gives our days!

- We always leave the house to go somewhere in the mornings.  Most days it's to the gym, where you play in the childcare and I enjoy a workout class.  Other times we go to the zoo, the train park, the regular park, MOPS or the Children's Museum.  In the afternoon, we often play in the backyard and walk the pups.  Sometimes the days can feel long - especially if your dad is super busy at work - but truth be told, we have a darn good life, you and I!  We love Arizona in the wintertime, and we have been trying to take full advantage of these beautiful days.  We owe your dad a lot for working so hard so that I can stay home with you and we can enjoy all of these things together.

- When we say, "Good girl, Khaki", you crawl straight over and pat, pat, pat Khaki squarely on the back with a wide open hand.

- You think sippy cups are exclusively for drinking water (which you love), and you absolutely refuse to drink milk (or anything else) out of one.  You only want milk from a bottle and given before nap or bedtime.  I'm inclined to press it..... but you're such an awesome and easy sleeper, I'm thinking maybe we shouldn't mess with success....

- Your favorite foods are bananas, blueberries, Kielbasa sausage, broccoli, grapes and green peas.  Oh, and cheese pizza, which you just had for the first time at a friend's birthday party this weekend when you ate 2.5 pieces.  Seriously.

- Your favorite toys are anything that isn't a toy.  Cupboards, light switches, Qtips, toilets, trash cans...

- You get better at walking every day.  Our days of having a crawler are definitely numbered.  You stand up on your own and take 8-10 steps before lowering yourself back to that tripod crawl.  You never fall uncontrolled, so it's just a matter of you deciding you're good and ready.  One of these days, I know you're just going to take off and not look back. Yikes!

- You are turning into a climber.... onto the sofa, the fireplace hearth, the stairs... anything you can try to climb, you will!

- You have 12 teeth --- front 4 tops, front 4 bottoms and currently cutting your 4th molar.

- You are getting better about not putting things in your mouth right away.  When we are at the park, if you find a rock or something else of interest, your first response is to hold it up and try to hand it to me.

- Your red hair is shorter after that first haircut, but it is no less red!  Sometimes I just marvel at it -- and your red eyelashes.  I love this about you.  :)

*****
You are fun and energetic and curious and healthy and wonderful.
We love you so much, Buddy.